Antenatal corticosteroids: a reappraisal of the drug formulation and dose

AH Jobe, M Kemp, A Schmidt, T Takahashi… - Pediatric …, 2021 - nature.com
We review the history of antenatal corticosteroid therapy (ACS) and present recent
experimental data to demonstrate that this, one of the pillars of perinatal care, has been …

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the fetus

A Morsi, D DeFranco, SF Witchel - Hormone research in paediatrics, 2018 - karger.com
Glucocorticoids (GCs), cortisol in humans, influence multiple essential maturational events
during gestation. In the human fetus, fetal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis …

Antenatal corticosteroids: an assessment of anticipated benefits and potential risks

AH Jobe, RL Goldenberg - American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2018 - Elsevier
Antenatal corticosteroids are standard of care for pregnancies at risk of preterm delivery
between 24-34 weeks' gestational age. Recent trials demonstrate modest benefits from …

Neonatal outcomes for women at risk of preterm delivery given half dose versus full dose of antenatal betamethasone: a randomised, multicentre, double-blind …

T Schmitz, M Doret-Dion, L Sentilhes, O Parant… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Antenatal betamethasone is recommended before preterm delivery to
accelerate fetal lung maturation. However, reports of growth and neurodevelopmental dose …

Antenatal steroids elicited neurodegenerative-associated transcriptional changes in the hippocampus of preterm fetal sheep independent of lung maturation

SWD Carter, EL Fee, H Usuda, G Oguz, A Ramasamy… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Antenatal steroid therapy for fetal lung maturation is routinely administered to
women at risk of preterm delivery. There is strong evidence to demonstrate benefit from …

Optimizing antenatal corticosteroid therapy

MW Kemp, AF Schmidt, AH Jobe - Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment with antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) is standard of care for women at risk
of preterm birth between 24 and 34 weeks' gestation. ACS are increasingly used for other …

The efficacy of antenatal steroid therapy is dependent on the duration of low-concentration fetal exposure: evidence from a sheep model of pregnancy

MW Kemp, M Saito, H Usuda, S Watanabe… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Antenatal corticosteroids are among the most important and widely used
interventions to improve outcomes for preterm infants. Antenatal corticosteroid dosing …

Betamethasone phosphate reduces the efficacy of antenatal steroid therapy and is associated with lower birthweights when administered to pregnant sheep in …

T Takahashi, EL Fee, Y Takahashi, M Saito… - American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Antenatal corticosteroid therapy is a standard of care for women at imminent
risk of preterm labor. However, the optimal (maximum benefit and minimal risk of side …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal inflammation enhances antenatal corticosteroid–induced fetal lung maturation

AF Schmidt, PS Kannan, J Bridges, P Presicce… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Respiratory complications are the major cause of morbidity and mortality among preterm
infants, which is partially prevented by the administration of antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) …

A comparison of 2 doses of antenatal dexamethasone for the prevention of respiratory distress syndrome: an open-label, noninferiority, pragmatic randomized trial

S Chawanpaiboon, R Chukaew, J Pooliam - American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Antenatal corticosteroids have been used for the prevention of respiratory
complications, intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, and other adverse …